From Iraq to the world - a build nation save - 30 Seasons in

[Ace40]

Iraqi Clubs in 2039-40

A straight swap in the league this season, both promoted teams go down, and both relegated teams come back up

We won the domestic double

Iraqi clubs in Asia in 39-40

The FM bugs have finally smiled upon us and gave us our full allocation this season 

Samara'a managed to beat Al Wakrah to qualify to the GS, but their journey ended there 

Naft Al Wasat finished as one of the best runner ups, but lost in the round of 16 to x 

We remain 5th in the coefficient. Next season we will have 3 teams in the GS and one in the playoffs 

[Ace40]

Iraqi NT in 2039-2040 

We cruise to the World Cup qualifier's final round 

We got demolished in the Arab Cup QF by Morocco, Egypt won the tournament for the second time 

We beat Saudi in the final of the WAFF Championship

Our NT is declining, we haven't had a player breakout in the past few years and the current team is starting to decline or stagnate 

There is also a lack of quality players being born abroad 

We maintain 22nd spot on the world 

[Ace40]

End-of-Season Review 

Now with some colours! 

We finally hit the coveted 2.5 stars. 

We got our first 5/5 facility in Iraq, unfortunately, we stopped getting the option to upgrade Youth facilities 

Abdullah Mubarak gets POTY for his great performances 

Our attendance numbers is starting to increase quicker, 500 new fans in the Karbala stadium 

 

[Ace40]

July - Oct 

A quite summer, we only sold one major player, Jamal Kareem, to Plymouth for a nice 3.5mil 

We also managed to loan players for the first time, to of our foreign CB headed to the Portuguese league 

We top the season preview, salary spend,and sponserships 

[Ace40]

Notable Transfers

Also with colours! 

We lose out on the clause for Abdul-Ridha as he was sold for a loss to another Portuguese team 

Diaara was sold to West Ham, where he immediately became one of the best players in the Prem. We got 1.4Mil from that sale 

We activated Ngoma's clause for a 1.1Mil. He is doing over there but in that league most teams hold on to their players if they are performing well

We also lost out on the clause for Gjoni who was sold for a loss to a Saudi club. I have no idea why Leverkusen gave up on him so soon as he was playing a lot of matches for them

 

[Ace40]

Oct-March  

Another routine first half of the season 

We are through to the QF of the CL after topping our group and beating Al Gharafa in the round of 16 

We will face Al Ain who have knocked us a few times at this stage 

We are top of the Premier League but it still looks like a good fight to be had this season 

We sign Tunisian Hichri (22 AM) for 1.5M

Edited September 7, 2023 by Ace40

[Ace40]

Asian Champions League 2040-2041 

Group Stage 

We were definitely in this year's "Group of Death" and we finally vanquished our demons as we beat the team that has tormented Asia home and away and knocked Ittihad out of the GS. We beat whipping boys Muhrraq twice as well. 

We failed to beat Al-Ain, with one draw and one loss, however, we still finished first in the group and qualified to the round of 16

Knockout Stage 

In the round of 16, we faced against Qatari side Al Gharafa, A 2-0 win at home followed by a 1-1 draw in Doha was enough to see us through to the QF.

A rematch with Al-Ain was set, we lost the first match 2-1, but a very strong second-leg performance saw us win 4-2 and move on to the SF. 

There we met with Saudi Side Al-Shbab, Despite them not winning the CL, they have been dominating in the Saudi league, winning six league titles since the save started. 

However, they were easily brushed aside, A 3-1 win at home, and a 4-2 win away saw us reach our first final in a comfortable fashion 

In the final, we met Australian side Melbourne Victory. We took a 1-0 lead in the first leg and headed to Australia, where we went 2-0 down inside the first half 

Our boys rallied through, and we managed to get away with a 3-3 draw and win our first ever Champions League trophy! 

[Ace40]

March - July 

A historic stretch of the season as we win a historic treble 

We won the Asian Champions League 

We won the Iraqi Premier League by six points over Naft Al Wasat

We then beat them for the FA Cup 

We also took part in the CWC for the first time ever. A 6-1 drubbing by Real Madrid followed by a close defeat against Flamengo 

River Plate caused the Upset and won the Club World Cup

We get two Elite talent in the Youth Intake, including a player that is already good enough to start for us at DM 

Edited September 19, 2023 by Ace40

[Ace40]

Iraqi Clubs in 2040-41

Al Kahraba returned to the PL, joined by first-timers Al Shoulla 

We won the domestic double

Iraqi clubs in Asia in 40-41

We won the Asian CL!!!!

Naft Al Wasat beat Saudi Side Al Fateh to join us, Al Jawiya and Samara'a in the GS 

Unfortunately, neither of them did enough to escape the groups 

Despite our historic performances, we fell down two places in the coefficient to 7th place

We lose one of ur GS spots to the playoffs, and our playoff spot to an earlier round of qualifiers 

[Ace40]

Iraqi NT in 2040-2041 

Following on from our win in the WAFF last season, we won the Gulf Cup of Nations for the 7th time 

We failed to qualify directly for the World Cup, so we will have to go through another round of qualifiers against Syria and Uzbekistan 

[Ace40]

End-of-Season Review 

No change on the facility front

Our CL heroics push us to a 3-star reputation! 

Our NT Coeffeciant and Ranking continue to drop 

Diop is POTY after a fantastic season 

Avg attendance increase by about 500 people 

 

Edited September 19, 2023 by Ace40

[Ace40]

July to October 

Some major sales were made 

We could no longer hold on to Diop, and after two dozen offers, Bayern Leverkusen got their man for 25 Million Euros 

Al Sadd brought back Mubarak to Qatar for 3.5 Million and added Mo Nasr for 4 Mil 

Sami Ahmed also went to Qatar for 1.1 Mil 

Alain Pierre went to Al Wahda of UAE for 1.2 Mil 

We brought in Luc Brou, a striker that we will keep for the future 

Thongsaead is a Thai midfielder who can play anywhere centrally, he will be our Asian foreigner for the CL 

David Lake is a 28-year-old Welshmen brought in on a free-to-play striker, we're hoping for a quick flip on him 

We also finally got the chance to upgrade our youth facilities 

Not going to bother with the pre-season review as we are top in everything 

 

[Ace40]

Oct - July 

I've decided to eliminate the mid-season review 

We win the Premier League once again 

We are eliminated in the FA Cup round of 16 on pens 

We won the Asian CL for the 2nd time in a row, this team beating Melbourne victory after we beat their rivals Melbourne city last year 

We get one Elite talent in the Youth Intake 

We also spent 7 Million on buying out a stadium that was owned by the government 

No transfer movement in the winter 

 

[Ace40]

Iraqi NT In 2041-2042 

We qualified for the World Cup after beating Syria and Uzbekistan 

We reached the round of 16 of the Arab Cup before losing to Morocco 

We get sacked 

..... 

It was quite a shock, after x years in charge of Iraq that I get the sack over a loss against a superior team but in fairness we have stagnated over the past 4 years 

It was disappointing to not have another go at the World Cup. 

Samara'a manager Emad Mohammed took over and was eliminated from the World Cup with two defeats. Switzerland!! won the World Cup, beating Mexico in the final

As Iraq Manager, we won Two West Asian Championships. Four Gulf Cups, One Arab Cup 

Reached the SF of the Asian Cup, and we reached the QF of the World Cup

[Ace40]

End-of-Season Review 

Our youth facility is up to 3/5, no other changes 

Naji is POTY  after another great season from him 

Our attendance goes up by 1,000 people 

[Ace40]

Notable Transfers 

Some new additions made to the list 

Ala'a Abdul Hussein retired so we lose out on his clause 

Zoughi moved to Naft Al Wasat and we get 175K for his transfer 

[Ace40]

2042-43 Season 

Moving to Just one post per season 

We made a number of sales, 

David Lake (ST) Was sold for 4 Million to Al Sadd, he was a good player who we made a quick profit on after one season 

Bamo Hachem (CB) is a longtime servant of the club who left for the Saudi League 

Abbas Karim (GK) Our captain left for a staggering 7Mil, it was a **** off price that the Al Gharafa matched 

Diaara (ST) A young player who spent the past couple of seasons on loan, we made around 1.5 million profit on him 

Barkov (RW) was sold to Guangzhou in the winter after about 4 years and various loan moves, we bought him for 475K a few years ago, one of the biggest flops of this save 

Jamal (GK) is a 22-year-old third-choice GK who for some reason caught the eyes of Portuguese club Arouca. I sold him for 100K just for the novelty 

Results 

League winners, Cup QF, and CL SF

Al Ittihad returned to their former glory and smashed us en route to a record-extending 10th CL victory 

Thankfully, Nuno Santos has ended his two-decade stay at the club, hopefully, they start to become weaker 

Al Shorta won the FA Cup 

End-of-season review 

We return to 5th in the coefficient, 

Poty goes to Hichri, 19 Assists and 25 goals overshadow Brou's brilliant season 

Another 1K increase in attendance, the way things are going we will have the stadium packed in another 22 years 

Edited September 20, 2023 by Ace40

[BML]

Some strong progress there with Karbalaa. Are you thinking about moving on again to help push the league/country forward or do you have other plans for that?

[Ace40]

4 hours ago, BML said:

Some strong progress there with Karbalaa. Are you thinking about moving on again to help push the league/country forward or do you have other plans for that?

Thanks. I plan on staying with Karbalaa until I get the coefficient up significantly to hopefully stay strong once I do leave. When I left Samara'a the coeffeciant was in free fall and its taken me almost 10 season to get it back where it was. 

[Ace40]

Iraq NT in 42-43 

The team did well in their first full season under Emad Mohammed, they reached the SF of both the Asian Cup and the Arab Cup. UAE won both tournaments 

[Ace40]

2043-44 Season 

Only one signing was made this summer, Right Back Jawad was brought back to the club for 675K after a decade in Qatar. Thai DM Thongsaead was sold for 1.6 Mil to Al Ittihad, being the only sale. 

We reached a point where we don't need any money so we don't sell our players, and we can't attract anyone better 

Carbon copy of last season, League title, QF in the CL, and the FA Cup 

Al Jawiya had a brilliant season, they pushed us to the limit in the league and reached the Round of 16 of the CL, it's been a few years since another team made it out of the groups 

The coefficient pushes us to a new high of 3rd place. 

We still can't get the option to upgrade youth facilities 

Brou ridiculous season earns him POTY deservedly 

Edited September 21, 2023 by Ace40

[Ace40]

2044-45 season 

Two in, two out. RB A.Ahmed Joins Saudi club Al Faisaly, and young Left Winger Zaid Mahmoud Joins Qatari club Al Ahli for 400K 

Iranian Vahid Shahsvari Joins to bolster the RB position, and 19 year old ST Alvaro Marquez Joins from the Spanish second division

It was a terrible season by our standards, we barely won the league, having trailed Naft Al Wasat all season long before a late collapse from them handed us the title 

We were knocked out of the Asian CL on Goal difference, while all three Iraqi clubs actually made it out of the groups! A huge step forward that we messed up by not qualifying 

We were also knocked out of the FA Cup round of 32 by Al Shorta, it seems our FA Cup curse is well and truly back 

No change on the facility front, still no chance to upgrade the youth facilities. 

As you can see by the numbers, it was not a good season for us, Constant injury and morale issues meant that our top goalscorer had 22, the joint lowest in 10 years, and the the highest assist total was only 9. POTY goes to Brou for some crucial goals 

Attendance figures seems to have slowed down with only 300 more people on average coming to watch us

[Ace40]

End of an Era 

After 14 seasons at Karbala, I have resigned from my position 

In that time I took them from a relegation battling side, to the best team in Asia. 

I won 10 Premier League titles, including 9 in a row 

7 Super Cups 

Three FA Cups 

Two historic Champions League triumphs

The save hasn't been as enjoyable since we won our second CL title, as I have been simming the entire season save for the CL games. 

Now is the time for a new challange

[Ace40]

Where are they now 

A collection of a players from my time in both clubs and how they got on, there are many that have retired by now, but many players have gone on to have long careers in Europe or elsewhere 

I put them as a spoiler so the page loads easier, you can view their career stats in the bottom left corner 

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Edited September 22, 2023 by Ace40

[Ace40]

Saudi Arabia seems to want distract me from my project, but I am not deterred 

[Ace40]

Iraqi NT in 44-45 

Qualified comfortably for the World Cup 

Reached the Arab Cup SF before losing to eventual champions Saudi 

[Ace40]

A move to the North 

Next up on our tour of the country, is Zakho SC in Duhok

Zakho is a Kurdish club that has won the FA Cup three times and finished runner-up in the league once .... all in the virtual world 

In real life they are used to fighting to avoid relegation and somehow escaping year after year 

The team has a decent squad, but i'm sure it will be fully overhauled over the next couple of years 

The team is currently 3 points off a relegation spot, but were predicted to finish 9th. Lots of work to be done in the second half of the season to get it where it needs to be 

The team plays in this modern Zakho International stadium, which holds 25,000 people. Unfourtantly, IG they built a 4K seater in 2025 and have moved out, i'm not sure if there is a way to move back into that stadium but it is a real shame we are missing out on it 

The city we now call home is known for its  ancient bridge, built on the Khapour River. It is 114m long, 4.7m wide, and 16m high and was built using large river stones. It sits at the center of our badge 

The city is not as developed as its big sister Duhok or the Kurdish capital Erbil, but its charm lies in its natural beauty

 

 

Edited September 22, 2023 by Ace40

[Ace40]

2045-46 

Not Many transfers, two players in, a third on loan to fulfill a promise, and two players out. Both signings are foreign strikers 

We turned things around in the second half of the season, we finished in 6th place, only 6 points away from a CL playoff spot 

Both my former teams finished in the top two, with Samara'a winning their 8th title 

We beat former club Karbalaa in the final of the Cup. 

Binkermann was the standout player since joining and gets my pick for POTY

[Ace40]

Iraqi NT in 2045-46 

Another World Cup flop for Emad Mohammed, two defeats against beatable opponents. I hope he gets sacked soon and we get another go at the job 

Next year is the Asian Cup, I'm not rooting for poor performance, but wouldn't mind it if he got the sack in January 

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2046-47 

One thing about Zakho that makes it different than the other clubs I have managed is that they have a B team, meaning I can sign more foreign youngsters and assign them to play there. 

With that in mind, we went on a mini spree to get some young players on the team in hopes of growing them and making a profit from them 

Makane Kane (RW) Joins us from Mali, he is the highest-rated player in the squad and the most expensive at 160,000

I. Camacho (RB) I believe the first time we signed a Spaniard in the save, he is a good RB joining us for 85K. I loaded the Spanish pyramid a couple of seasons ago and hope to find many bargains there 

J.Ammon(LB) A German fullback, he doesn't look amazing but can't go wrong with such a small fee 

A.Al-Shammari (CB) A Qatari CB signed on a free, hoping for a quick flip on this guy back to the Qatari league next season

C. Castillo (LW) the second-best player in this batch after Kane, can play both wings and in CM. A good utility player that cost us just over 100K. 

On the sales side, we got rid of two of our foreign players Manhica (LW) went to the Qatari league for 160K. He's a good player but at 31 he wasn't going to get any better and the foreign spot could be used elsewhere 

Palsetnianian Hason (ST) went to Morocco for 12K, it was either that or I terminated his contract 

The two biggest sales were of local players, Hussein (GK) requested a transfer when UAE heavyweights Shabab Al Ahli came knocking

Firas Rashid (ST) was sold to Al Hedood for 475K. I already sold him back when I was at Karballa, he has good stats but I've never managed to get him to perform 

Moving on to the results, it was a slight improvement from last season, we finished top 4 and managed to grab the last Champions League spot up for grabs. In the cup we lost our very first game on penalties. 

Two disgusting campaigns since I left Karbalaa has meant that we dropped all the way down to 7th spot in the CL coefficient. After seeing 3 teams progress from the groups in my last season I thought it would be safe to quit and move on to a smaller club but clearly that year was a fluke 

Brinkermann's great performance gets him a second straight POTY. He was the league's top goal scorer last season 

We upgraded the youth and training facilities 

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Iraqi NT 46-47 

A penalty loss against Iran in the QF of the Asian Cup is acceptable for the FA as Emad Mohammed keeps his job.

The United Arab Emirates won a second successive Asian Cup. 

Edited September 25, 2023 by Ace40

[Ace40]

2047-2048

We were supposed to have a quiet summer window. We sold Qatari CB Al Shammari for 150K, and signed a much better, younger replacement in Bokila for the same price

We sold a number of fringe squad players for whatever we could get to bolster the coffers and decided to get going. 

Then, AFTER the window had closed, Al Rayyan activate the release clause of our Left Winger and striker Kane & Biakolo. 

We get 1.2 Mil for the pair, but we can't do much with it as we were out of the transfer window. 

We spent half of that amount on Iraqi CB Abbas Kareem in the winter window 

We finished runners-up in the league, 6 points were the difference between us and a title, but Al Jawiya were better throughout the season 

Zakho's debut CL run ends at the hands of eventual champions Al-Taawoun in the QF stage, Al Jawiya did well to reach the round of 16 

We won the FA Cup for the second time in three years 

Despite a decent season in Asia, those around us dropped a bad year while we dropped a good one so we slipped into 8th position. 

Attendance is up by a few hundred. Brinkmann continues to improve and grabs a third successive POTY 

Edited September 25, 2023 by Ace40

[Ace40]

Iraqi NT in 47-48 

Still no trophy for Emad Mohammed, but the results are acceptable enough to keep him on board 

Final of the WAFF, SF of the Gulf Cup, and through to the final round of the WCQ 

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48-49 

A complete overhaul of the squad was made, and a number of players signed for the B team to try and flip for profit in a few years. 

But before we get into them, two important sales were made. 

The first is Zakho's three time POTY, Brinkmann. The German was sold for 2.1 Million to La Liga side Zaragoza. Although it isn't much money it's enough to fund a new youth recruitment upgrade 

Carlos Castillo followed him to Spain, albeit to the second tier. I was never a fan of his performance and a Million Euros were always going to be taken well by me 

We went on a spree to replace them 

Torres (ST) Is a 23-year-old Spaniard who was signed to be Brinkmann's replacement 

Tedesco (GK) A 22-year-old Spaniard who will be our main GK in the Champions League and will spend some time with the B squad 

Vincenzi (ST) is a 20-year-old from Italy with the potential to dominate this level

Nene (CDM) is an 18-year-old South African who has very good attributes in a position that is tough to find quality players in 

Kassoka RW Coming from my favorite club in this save, Generation Foot, he doesn't look outstanding in anything but seems to be very well-rounded and can play multiple positions 

Mahmoud (GK) is our new starting GK, for 550K it was big money but we desperately needed a local player who could take the N1 in the league 

A bunch of loans round up the incomings and fulfill some promises. I did not realize Haider Abdullah's loan fee is 375K when I made the bid. 

A carbon copy of last season. 2nd in the league 

Won the FA Cup

Knocked out of the Asian CL by the same team, who went on to return the title 

A pleasant surprise however is that the two other teams in the competition also made it out, and I believe we had our second all Iraqi Round of 16 in the competition's history 

We are reaching the limit of our 4,100-capacity stadium so the club has decided to splash the cash on adding 1,500 seats. 

If only there was a world-class 30,000 seater nearby ..... 

A strong debut season from Torres earns him POTY 

[Ace40]

Iraqi NT in 48-49 

Topped the group and headed to the World Cup. 

The Arab Cup claims the coach once again, as Emad Mohammed 8 year tenure comes to an end 

Unofrutantly I missed the news, and newgan manager Ali Khudair got the job while I never applied 

Edited September 26, 2023 by Ace40

[Ace40]

49-50 

The Asian CL bugs are back, they happen whenever there is a change in qualification places and since it changed drastically we miss out on Champions League football despite earning the right to play there 

As such, not many signings were made, we sold Bokila for 825K as that was an acceptable offer and he wanted to leave, Camacho went to Al Nasr for 60K, his contract was up and neither of us was interested in extending it 

Some local players were signed for depth, most notably CB Anwar for 275K 

Two of my foreign players, GK Tedesco and ST Torres, were loaned out to relegation candidates in La Liga. A testament to the strength of our league 

 

For the third season running, we finish runners up in the league, we were never close as Samara'a dominated and picked up a second straight title 

We don't have the depth to compete yet, especially in defense. In hindsight selling Bokila and not replacing him with another foreign player may have been a mistake 

A QF exit in the FA Cup, Karbalaa won the FA Cup. 

Samara'a had the chance to rescue our coefficient being the only representative but did the exact opposite and absolutely tanked it, they finished with one point which will hurt us so much as they are the only team. Saudi side Al Hilal won the Champions League  

Reputation hits 2.5, as well as training facilities. Coeffeciant down to 9th

Raad gets POTY. Kind of an honourary one after going 4 straight seasons as the most assists. Attendance is up to 4.5K, which is the stadium's new capacity. Sponsorship money continues to creep up 

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Iraqi NT in 2050 

New manager Ali Khudair finally gets Iraq a win in the World Cup, I believe this is the first win in 3 campaigns. Knocked out by the Ivory coast in the Second round 

The U,A.E win both WAFF championship and Gulf Cup, knocking us out in the process. They are currently the best team in Asia

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2050-2051 

We get screwed out of the CL place once again, making Samara'a the only team in Asia and solely responsible for our coefficient 

This time, they atoned for their sins of last season and reached the knockout stage, bringing us a lot of points. 

Not too much activity on the transfer side. Sergio Torres was sold for 800K, Kassoka for 2.2 Mil, and another 800K clause we activated during the season 

Majid Hassan is the pick of a bunch of local signings, the right winger is Kassoka's replacement and has really, really good crossing

Keyvan Merhabi is a 6'6 Iranian CB with 20 Jumping reach and 11 heading. He is signed on a free and immediately put on every single set piece possible 

It was more of the same this season, except even more cruel than usual 

One point separated us at the end of the season from Karbala'a and the Premier League title 

Another QF defeat in the cup, this time against Al Jawiya. Samara'a won the cup

Both facilities are upgraded to 3.0 I suspect we will be stuck here for a few years if the previous clubs are anything to go by 

Samara'a efforts push us to 6th in the coefficient 

Hameed's ridiculous feat of 37 assists gets him POTY

Edited September 27, 2023 by Ace40

[Ace40]

A Milestone 

Former Karbala'a player Diop wins the best player of the year. At 25 Million he's the most expensive player we have ever sold 

[Ace40]

Iraqi NT IN 2051 

After a disappointing Asian cup, Ali Khudair was sacked as manager of Iraq. I applied for the job but was passed up in favour for Qasem Ali, Samara'a's former manager 

I have read conflicting reports, with some saying once you are fired an NT won't rehire you, while other say you should take another NT job and then apply, with that said I accepted an offer to become the manager of Australia. 

I won't pay much attention as the qualifiers should be a breeze and maybe I'll tune in once the next world cup rolls around 

[Ace40]

2051 - 52

A busy year on the transfer end as we finally return to the CL 

Top goal scorer the past couple of seasons Vincenzi was sold to Al Wakrah 

 Baghlani is a promising DM but he barely progressed over the past couple of years and 500K was too good to turn down. 

Opara ST is our new starting striker who has incredible stats, we beat a couple of Swedish clubs to sign him 

Foley is a 20 year old backup striker from Ireland, barely played much senior football but has some good stats in important areas and is someone we could flip in a few seasons 

Martins was kind of a panic-buy backup right winger, free transfer so couldn't hurt 

Karatas is a young right back for Turkey, we got him for cheap due to some dispute with his coach 

Hadi is a local DM who will provide some important depth 

Issa is a winter signing from Libya, a young GK who was brought in to replace Tedsco, whose the only foreign player we made a loss on at Zakho

Salman is a 19-year-old CB who we spent 1 Million on, hoping we can finally solve our defensive issues

Finally, we broke our duck and won our first league title after being the bridesmaid for so long 

We make a decent run in the CL where we return to the round of 16, Samar'a went one step further and reached the QF 

Samara'a beat us in the QF of the FA Cup

 

Hameed wins another POTY for another great performance. Training facilities move up to 3.5

 

 

 

Edited September 28, 2023 by Ace40

[Ace40]

2052-53

Not much on the transfer window activity. 

The only signing was Algerian Striker Bacha for 525K

He replaced local Ali Khalaf, who went to the UAE for 1.2Mil 

Backup RW Martins joined Al Fateh in KSA for 625K 

Haidar Jaber joins Qatari giants Al-Duhail for 725K 

A few weeks before the season finished, Opara was sold to Galatasaray for 1.1 mil. As soon as the European transfer window opened half a dozen clubs activated his clause and he chose the Turkish club. I tried all season to get him to sign a new contract to no sucess 

A poor season for us domestically, a lot of players became unsettled for various reasons and the squad depth couldn't handle the schedule. 

We finished runner ups but only got 70 points, our worst tally in 4 years 

A respectable run in the CL saw us reach the QF where we lost to Al Hilal. Al Ain of the UAE won the trophy

We beat Al Karakh in the FA cup Final to save our season and grab a trophy 

Not many changes on any front. The club is spending another 2 Mil to increase the capacity of the stadium to 7.5K. 

We got this brilliant player through the Intake, 3 CA/5PA with a good personality and determination, hopefully, he turns into a world beater 

Edited October 17, 2023 by Ace40

[Ace40]

53-54 

Two big sales in the outgoing of Striker Foley and DM Diarra for 2.4 and 2.8Mil 

A number of new signings were made, most notably Argentine ST Echeverria and Polish LB Jankowski 1.9Mil and 450K respectively 

A close title fight with both my former clubs saw us come out on top, but it took us until the final day to win the league title by one point 

The game bugged out and only had Samara'a in the CL, and it also completely disregarded the east/west split which saw an all-Saudi final. Al Ittihad won their 12th! CL 

We beat Erbil to retain the FA Cup 

No changes on the facility front, we aren't making enough money to afford the upgrades 

we move up to 5th in the coeffciant 

Bacha's 29 goals earns him POTY

Our average attendance jumps to 9.2K because of us moving to a neighbouring stadium while ours gets expanded. The new capacity will be about 8.5K 

The board realises this isn't enough and plans are starting for a new stadium 

Edited October 17, 2023 by Ace40

[Ace40]

Iraqi Nt 51-55

I realized that I haven't updated in a while so here are the results of the NT in the last few years 

Arab Cup: Qf in 2051 Algeria won the tournament, Finalists in 2051 lost against Algeria

Gulf Cup: Finalists in 52 and 54, lost to UAE both times 

WAFF Cup: SF in 52, QF in 54

World Cup: GS exit with 0 points in 54, Brazil won the World Cup

Asian Cup: Round of 16 loss against eventual champions Saudi Arabia in 2055

 

The coach resigned in 2055 but when I applied I still got auto-rejected, so my tenure with Australia was useless 

I am thinking of taking over the NT with a second manager, but I'm opting against it. Last manager did pretty well except for the WC 

Edited October 18, 2023 by Ace40

[Ace40]

54 - 55 

Two local players in Ahmed Kareem and Hussein Hadi join Khor Fakkan in the UAE for a combined 3.8 Mil 

Karatas is sold to Al Shamal for a tidy profit 

Jamal Issa was sold back to Libya for 725K, nearly all profit 

We signed 19 year old GK Mustafa Mohammed from AIK in Sweden 

M'bengue replaces Karatas at Right Back

Rahimi joins for a hefty 1.3Mil from Al Wakrah, the Iranian can provide cover at CB and RB 

A great season, we retain the League title and get to the SF of the Asian CL before getting rekt by Al Taawoun

We're still missing that bit of quality to go all the way 

We were knocked out early in the FA Cup, with Al Mina'a winning their first trophy of the save 

Training facilities finally upgraded, everything else remains the same

we aren't getting good offers for our players, so it's been a struggle to fill up the club's account

We also have a lot of loans due to all the stadium expansions and upcoming move 

Attendance is down to 8K as we move back into our stadium, but we won't be there long as we'll move to a 15k stadium in 2 years

Echveirrea is our POTY

[Ace40]

55-56 

Not many movements in the transfer market, mostly selling a bunch of squad players. 

Noa Limbombe Is a fullback from the Congo who replaces Jankowski 

League winners, Asian CL QF, and Cup SF

Al Talaba got a takeover which led to a title charge and a cup win, hopefully they put some of that money into facilities 

Our coefficient moves to 4th spot, but there is no difference in spots gained 

Echeverria picks up another POTY

 

[Ace40]

56 - 57 

So, there are not many Screenshots here, I seem to have deleted them at some point and put off going back and recapturing them, it's been a few months now and I thought finishing the write up badly is better than not finishing it at all. 

We did win the CL this season, and we went on an incredible run in the CWC, where we beat Flamengo and Al Ahly to get out of the group. 

We beat Atleti 1-0 in the QF, playing a 16-year-old regen just spawned in goal due to international duty and injuries, the goal scorer was another regen from the same class who we put on in extra time. 

We probably won the league and the cup, I can't remember exactly.

I've decided to finish this save here. I tried carrying it over to the new version, but the Saudi spending is simply impossible to keep up with. 

Staying in FM 23 was considered, but I kind of got burnt out with the save for the following season. 

1. It's been 34 In game years, for reference I'm a person who generally dislikes it once real players stop being a factor, and my previous longest save was 14 years ago

2. The fact that I can't be NT manager again means this save will literally never end. This is a big issue for me, and part of me wishes I Save scummed so I can not get sacked, I think my enjoyment of the save would have turned out differently. 

3. All the bugs make it very frustrating to play and advance 

3. Despite some good success in exporting players to Europe, I feel like it was too slow and the improvements at this stage is very marginal

4. I think I want to step away from FM in general for this year. I played 3 saves, two of which were covered here, and I'm already 40 hours into a save with Chelsea in the new game. 

I feel like there a lot of games out there that could be enjoyed, and to be honest, I'm not a fan of this year's release, so I'm deciding to take a one-year break and come back in FM25, which is supposed to be a major refresh as you know. In the meantime, I will continue to improve the Iraqi Database. 

If you want to try a new save (after the winter update where hopefully the new ACL format is put i) I highly recommend trying in Iraq. It's a league with a rich history and a lot of interesting clubs. and winning your first CL will be immensely satisfying 

[sherwinriga]

Try going to Japan. The J.League is finally available in FM24, which means that you can go with that save, so that you'll be able to take some J.League experience that you'll get!